Your Librarian
Bernadette Lear
she/her/hers/Ms.
Contact:
LIB 301B
Penn State Harrisburg Library
351 Olmsted Dr.
Middletown, PA 17057
Penn State Harrisburg Library
351 Olmsted Dr.
Middletown, PA 17057
(717) 948-6360
Subjects: Adult Education and Workforce Education, Applied Behavior Analysis, Campus: Harrisburg, Community Psychology and Social Change, Education, Education: Organization, Development, and Change / Training and Development, Health, Health Education, Kinesiology, Exercise, and Sport Science, Nursing, Psychology
Start Here
- U.S. Army Center for Military History: Research by Conflict and Time PeriodHelpful suggestions for secondary and primary sources relating to each of the U.S.'s armed conflicts.
- Congressional Medal of Honor Society: Stories of SacrificeProvides brief biographical data on U.S. Medal of Honor recipients, including more than 300 from Pennsylvania.
- Library of Congress: Veterans History ProjectOral history interviews with dozens of U.S. servicemen and women.
- Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency: Our MissingA list of U.S. service personnel who are reported missing in action. The site provides biographical information for some of the missing.
The Routledge Encyclopedia of Civil War Era Biographies by ISBN: 9781136331510Publication Date: 2012Available at Penn State and some Pennsylvania libraries. A comprehensive collection of articles on roughly 900 individuals from the Civil War era, including people from both the years leading up to the war and the period of Reconstruction that came after.
African Americans at War [2 Volumes] by Call Number: In print -- check your locationISBN: 1576077462Publication Date: 2003Available at Penn State and some Pennsylvania libraries. Provides comprehensive coverage of aspects including important historical figures; key battles, legislation, and rulings; honors awarded; regiments, formations, and squadrons; and significant places.
Duty Calls at Home by Call Number: In print -- check your locationISBN: 9781312069251Publication Date: 2014Available at Penn State and some Pennsylvania libraries. Essays examine the impact that the United States entry into WWI had on the people and communities of Central Pennsylvania.
American Women During World War II by ISBN: 9780203870662Publication Date: 2009Available at Penn State and some Pennsylvania libraries. Documents the lives and stories of women who contributed directly to the war effort via official and semi-official military organizations, as well as the millions of women who worked in civilian defense industries.
Digging Deeper
- U.S. Army Heritage & Education CenterLocated in Carlisle, PA, AHEC is an important archive and museum for Army history.
- Pennsylvania Military MuseumA museum especially valuable for World War
artifacts. - National Civil War MuseumLocated in Harrisburg, the NCWM is one of the largest museums dedicated solely to the U.S. Civil War.
- Military Studies Subject GuideA list of Penn State library's resources for Military topics.